I like the idea of being sustainable, growing your own food, and living naturally. I used to dream about starting a commune or homestead, but now I’m starting to think the idealization of it is petty bourgeois and part of the settler mindset. Starting some farm in the wilderness is very reminiscent of the western frontier, and the homestead act which I am myself a beneficiary of. We don’t need more socialists leaving society, we need more urban farming and an end to monoculture.

What do y’all think about it?

  • Makan
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    1 year ago

    I… don’t think it is, per se.

    It kinda depends on the context; not really a planter class or settler mindset, but it depends on the time-period.